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Toolbox cake: The end of an era

I think this is a good cake to end my fondant/cake exploration journey on. I planned on doing just one cake a month, but even that was too much. I'm ready to start something different. I really want to pick up a paintbrush and start painting again. I've said that several times over the years. Now is the time. Stay tuned.

This cake was make for a friend's grandpa who turned 80. He was a handyman and often worked on lawnmowers. A toolbox and the number 80 built from wood is the direction I was going.

Carrot cake was made for the old school toolbox.

This was my first time using Rice Krispie treats as sculpture pieces. It was a little daunting at times, but I worked through it and of course ate what I didn't use.

The 80 was red velvet cake.

Close-up shots. Every piece was covered in fondant and painted with food coloring.

"Nails" in the wood

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13th birthday cake

Hello friends. Have I been MIA or what?!?! As you may know, when life gets busy, my blog is usually the first thing to go. I started a new job the beginning of August and have been super busy. But the good thing is, I really love my job, so I don't mind. I do miss blogging though. So here I am all bright-eyed and bushy tailed.
In my last cake post, I mentioned I wouldn't be doing cakes anymore due to time issues. But here I go blogging about a recent cake I've made. I decided I'll do one cake a month if I'm asked. It will help keep my fondant skills up to par.
This cake was made for my good friend Jen's daughter, Kayla, who turned 13. Kayla picked out the colors, cake type and polka dot theme. It's a neapolitan cake.

White, chocolate and red velvet

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My first wedding cake

Wedding cakes are intimidating. It's more of the thought of something potentially going wrong with the cake and then what options are left after that?!?! I was asked many months ago by a friend if I was interested in making her wedding cake. She's a graphic designer as well, so I knew what I was in for. (My perfectionist ways had to be just that). I was honored for her to ask me, and of course I said yes. I was very excited to create my first wedding cake. She wanted to keep it simple, use her colors of brown and blue, and somehow incorporate the flower design from her invitations.

I baked many many carrot cakes the evening before. I was worried it wouldn't be tall enough, so I baked a few more that morning.

I began icing each layer with cream cheese frosting - a must for carrot cake.

I rolled out the fondant and started covering the cakes. This is by far the most intense part of the cake making process because I want that fondant to be perfect on that cake. Flaws and wrinkles are not my friend. I'm happy to report I had zero issues with the fondant. It really couldn't have went smoother for me - literally.

Next was the fun part of creating the flowers. I created a sheet of the line art flowers and began rolling fondant out into thin ropes. A little more tedious than I had anticipated. I shaped each flower and placed it in the freezer until I was done with all of them.

I placed each flower on the cake with my "glue" mixture made of fondant and water. I wrapped in layer in ribbon and used very small pins to keep it in place.

The finished product. The bride bought the cutest cake topper - two little birdies. She found them on Etsy.

Here's the cake - delivered and set up.The cake was really uneventful as far as mishaps which I couldn't have been more thankful for. There are a few things I would have changed with this cake, but I'm not going to mention those because I am still happy with the way it turned out.

I linked up and at these fabulous blog hops:
Coffee Talk
Feature Your Sassy Sites

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Owl Cake No. 2

I created another owl cake last month. The request was to make it exactly like my first owl cake. In my last princess and the frog cake post, I mentioned I wouldn't be doing cakes much anymore but had a few more lined up. Here is the first, and the next one is a wedding cake! This owl cake was fairly easy to produce, since I knew exactly what needed to be done this time around. The owl cake is my favorite out of all the cakes I've made. Compared to the other owl cake I made, I'm pretty sure they could be twins.

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Princess and the Frog cake

Last weekend I worked on one of my last cakes. As much as I love creating these dimensional cakes, they are very time consuming. I am one busy chick, and I'm trying to change that. I still have a few more cakes coming up over the next few months, but it won't be as many as you've seen lately.
This is the frog from Disney's Princess and the Frog. The most challenging part of this cake was getting the fondant to wrap around the pieces. The fondant batch was very soft and would tear easily. I made mini cupcakes for lily pads, plus I wanted to make sure they didn't run out of cake for their guests.

I started out with two domed-shaped cakes and the rectangular cake. Fortunately, the round cakes baked quite tall. I was able to use the halves separately instead of joining them together; one for the head and one for the body.

Head and body

The arms and legs were tricky. The character has very thin arms and legs but I wanted the cake to have some volume.

The frog wrapped in fondant. I thought the final product looked more like a ninja turtle. Jokingly, my friend said why is that cat green?

I linked up at:

tasty tuesdays - for the love of blogs

sweet shot tuesdays - life with my 3 boybarians
tuesdays around the world - communal global

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Party hat cake

Another addition to the cake family. This was made for my friend's daughter, Lauren. My instructions were to not spend much time on it (like the other cakes I tend to make) and to keep it simple. I made a party hat for the mess cake and a three-tiered cake for the rest of the party people.

My favorite part of this cake is the lettering. I wanted it to be more fun than the standard, straight-lined message. I cut out each letter by hand with an xacto blade and played around with the placement.
I haven't covered a cake with frosting in quite awhile since I've been doing fondant work. I should have thinned out the icing a bit so it spread easier and had a cleaner look. But it tasted great, and was happy with it overall.

I linked up at:
where are you wednesday - just married with coupons
mid-week mingle - graphic design by tara

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Bicycle cake

I made this cake last month for my friend Carl who turned 30. One of his passions in life are bikes. His wife Sarah asked if I would make a bicycle cake for his birthday party. Of course I said yes. You can find a few pictures of the Heberts in Tandem party on their blog.

Let me start out by saying this cake was intimidating. I wasn't sure how I was going to go about this. I had so many ideas, but none seemed like a viable options. I decided to figure it out along the way.

I started with the easiest part - the wheels. Not much to them.

I went off of the top right picture on the table for a bike reference. I began shaping the structure of the bike.

Covered the cake in fondant

Added in the detail

I like the handlebar grips.

Carl was very surprised when I brought the cake over. Sarah and I kept it a secret. This was my most challenging cake to date. It was worth it though. Happy 30th Carl!

I linked up at:

tasty tuesdays - for the love of blogs

sweet shot tuesdays - life with my 3 boybarians
tuesdays around the world - communal global

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Whoo whoo owl cake

Whenever life gets busy and slightly overwhelming, my blog is typically the first thing I set aside. I started a new job three weeks ago, and I have projects coming out the wazoo. I plan on posting at least once a week so you can see a little of what I've been up to. One of the projects I completed on Saturday is a cake for a birthday girl who turned one. One a scale of 1 to 10 for cuteness, I think it's a 10. I loved how it turned out.

These are the boob cakes - the start of the owl.

Shaped

Iced and fondant work

I painted the "feathers" with food coloring for a bit of visual texture.

I linked up at:

tasty tuesdays - for the love of blogs

sweet shot tuesdays - life with my 3 boybarians
tuesdays around the world - communal global

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Graphic designer, baker and a photo taker. Inspired by Jesus, photography, stellar design, all things creative, cooking, the arts and funny stuff. I prefer to visually tell stories through photographs; whether a trip I was on, a dessert I made or a recent vintage find. Art is all around me, and I capture it whenever I can.

Toolbox cake: The end of an era

13th birthday cake

My first wedding cake

Owl Cake No. 2

Princess and the Frog cake

Party hat cake

Bicycle cake

Whoo whoo owl cake

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